Chapters on marriage and divorce : responses of Ibn Ḥanbal and Ibn Rāhwayh

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Chapters on marriage and divorce : responses of Ibn Ḥanbal and Ibn Rāhwayh

translated with introduction and notes by Susan A. Spectorsky

University of Texas Press, 1993

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Selections. 1993

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Bibliography: p. 263-266

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ISBN 9780292776685

Description

While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam)--Ahmad b. Hanbal, the eponymous founder of the Hanbali rite of Sunni Islam (the one dominant in Saudi Arabia), and Ishaq b. Rahwayh. These compilations are basic sources for the study of the development of legal thinking in Islam. The introduction to the translation locates the compilations in a historical context and elucidates how the various issues of family law are treated. An appendix contains a collation of the significant variants among the manuscripts and printed versions of the Arabic texts. The volume concludes with a topical index and an index of names.
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pbk. ISBN 9780292776722

Description

While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam)-Ahmad b. Hanbal, the eponymous founder of the Hanbali rite of Sunni Islam (the one dominant in Saudi Arabia), and Ishaq b. Rahwayh. These compilations are basic sources for the study of the development of legal thinking in Islam. The introduction to the translation locates the compilations in a historical context and elucidates how the various issues of family law are treated. An appendix contains a collation of the significant variants among the manuscripts and printed versions of the Arabic texts. The volume concludes with a topical index and an index of names.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Compilation of Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Chapter 3. Compilation of 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Hanbal Chapter 4. Compilation of Ishaq b. Mansur al-Kausaj Appendix. The Manuscripts-Description and Critical Notes Works Cited Index of Qur'an Verses Index of Names Index and Glossary of Topics and Terms

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